I found the PRS I want.....

[Jbird]

Now if I could really justify spending $3100 on a guitar that'll never get played outside my house, since I'm not in a band and don't gig.......

http://www.martinmusicguitar.com/pr...s/products.php?pcid=10080&cid=21470&pid=22384

drool0


I saw a PRS on fleabay yesterday that was listed as a 'DC245' (double-cut like their standard guitar, but in 24 1/2" scale).

I didn't know PRS ever made such a beast. The one on fleabay had 2 P-90's though.....

 

[Lerxst]

I hear ya...I often see PRSi that I'd love to own but I know I'm way too cheap to ever buy one.

 

[baimun]

Yeah... the 245 model and the Santana model are both 24 1/2" scale. As well as the Mira X. (regular Mira is 25)

There's an almost identical 245 at Elderly for $2100.

http://elderly.com/vintage/items/30U-15477.htm

 

[Jbird]

Yeah... the 245 model and the Santana model are both 24 1/2" scale. As well as the Mira X. (regular Mira is 25)

There's an almost identical 245 at Elderly for $2100.

http://elderly.com/vintage/items/30U-15477.htm

I just never knew they made a 24 1/2" double-cut.

That's a nice SC245 there at Elderly's, but it's not quilt, and no birds :(

 

[baimun]

Myz's Goldtop is a 245... and has birds... but would be less than $1500.

 

[Mark Wein]

I can't believe I'm typing this but if I had the cash I'd be shopping for a 513 right now.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Myz's Goldtop is a 245... and has birds... but would be less than $1500.

that's a good deal right there. but i think Jbird is more interested in the bling factor.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I can't believe I'm typing this but if I had the cash I'd be shopping for a 513 right now.

build an HSH Partscaster. 2 P-rails and an middle single coil. add three 5 way switches, and you can get any tone you desire.

 

[Mark Wein]

build an HSH Partscaster. 2 P-rails and an middle single coil. add three 5 way switches, and you can get any tone you desire.

I'd have to try the P-rails. On paper they look awesome.

 

[baimun]

I'd have to try the P-rails. On paper they look awesome.

On paper, yes.

I sold mine.

The rails are sharp... kind of like tele pickups... not strat pickups.
The P90's sound great. Hot, fat, with bite.
The parallel setting is clear and usable....
... but the Humbuckers are too hot. Too dark and gritty.

And now they offer a HOTTER version of the P-Rails.

I took what I learned from the P-Rails and am incorporating it into my own version of the 513.

The white coils are Eric Johnson Singles. Hopefully their magnetic field isn't too disturbed by the switched off coils sitting next to them.

The black coils are overwound Quarter Pound singles with coil taps. When overwound, they'll sound like fat singles... or slightly clearer P90's.

When combined in series, I can use the coil taps to use less windings on the black coils to get a more balanced humbucker sound (or full winding if I want something darker )

The controls will be master volume, master tone (zero load pot), 5 way blade for Bridge/ Bridge + Middle/ Bridge + Neck/ Middle + Neck/ Neck and then a 5 way rotary that changes the outer pairs of coils between:

5: EJ Singles
4: QP Overwound Singles
3: Regular Humbucking
2: Parallel coils
1: Hot Humbucking

 

[Mark Wein]

I'll be curious to hear how that turns out.

 

[baimun]

I'll be curious to hear how that turns out.

Me too.

I wish I could take a week off work and finish my guitar projects.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Me too.

I wish I could take a week off work and finish my guitar projects.

but if you finished them all then your wife would know how many you have and then Paul Reed Smith would have to get involved.

 

[baimun]

but if you finished them all then your wife would know how many you have and then Paul Reed Smith would have to get involved.

Nice.

 

[Kerouac]

This is the PRS I've always wanted:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mando_gal/756545895/in/set-72157600720888848/

But I'd want one with a maple neck and no Mark Tremonti cooties.

 

[baimun]

This is the PRS I've always wanted:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mando_gal/756545895/in/set-72157600720888848/

But I'd want one with a maple neck and no Mark Tremonti cooties.

They offer the McSoapy with an unfinished rosewood neck..... I've played one and they're kick ass.

They also offer a 3 Soapbar model.... the older ones had maple necks, the newer ones have mahogany.

 

[Kerouac]

They offer the McSoapy with an unfinished rosewood neck..... I've played one and they're kick ass.

They also offer a 3 Soapbar model with the maple neck.

Do they still come in those groovy metallic colours?

 

[baimun]

Also don't forget the sub $600 SE models...

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

you guys are missing that Kerouac wants a maple neck/maple fretboard guitar with P-90s.

 

[Kerouac]

Also don't forget the sub $600 SE models...

One of my friends has that one.